Rhythm and the blues : a life in American music /
Jerry Wexler and David Ritz.
Bok Engelsk 1993 Jerry. Wexler,· Electronic books
| Utgitt | New York : : Knopf, , 1993.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (xiv, 334 p. ) : ill. ;
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Includes index.. - Time on in Bullshit Alley -- Window washer's blues -- Roads of rhythm -- A mother's kisses -- Picking up the pail -- Strange customs -- Reveille -- The postwar can't-find-slot about-to-drop bebop happy-time New York City blues -- Diskers, pubbers, and cleffers -- In a family way -- Charting the Atlantic -- What's black and red and blue all over? -- On the road -- "Good God, let me touch Ray Charles!" -- Brother, brother -- Need, greed and Alan Freed -- Mr. Disorderly Conduct and the man from another planet -- "I came from California to make hits" -- Darin' -- Notions, lotions, and potions-- roots, fruits, and snoots -- The big bang! -- Rashomon at the Oak Room -- Southern fried -- Wicked -- White rock effervescing -- The work Jones -- Soul men -- "Listen at her, listen at her!" -- Boats in the backyards -- Miami vice -- High times -- Masterpieces and mistakes -- Swamped -- "Giving up" -- The second time around -- Changing sounds -- Goodbye and good luck -- Sixty candles -- "Gotta serve somebody" -- Songbird riddle -- Sexual healing -- Sittin' on the dock of the bay -- Falling in love again.. - Atlantic Records partner and producer Wexler presided over the evolution of the modern music business and made prodigious contributions to our cultural history. Wexler has worked with a broad range of American genius: Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and others.--From publisher description.
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| ISBN | 0-307-81900-0
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